HPV genotyping and site of viral integration in cervical cancers in Indian women.

Persistent HPV infection plays a major role in cervical cancer. This study was undertaken to identify HPV types in a cohort of Indian women with locally advanced cervical cancer as well as to determine the physical state and/or site of viral integration in the host genome. Pretreatment biopsies (n =...

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Main Authors: Poulami Das, Asha Thomas, Umesh Mahantshetty, Shyam K Shrivastava, Kedar Deodhar, Rita Mulherkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3397968?pdf=render